Seventeen-year-old Veronica Lee Baker was found dead on August 15, 2020, inside a vehicle in the parking lot of a Bojangles on Jones Sausage Road in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her body was discovered with the car door wide open and the engine running; a 911 caller reported she was unresponsive and not breathing around 8 p.m. Emergency responders pronounced her dead at the scene. The autopsy confirmed a gunshot wound to the chest.

The investigation led to the arrest of Devin Cordell Jones, 17, who told detectives he met Baker to buy marijuana and that a struggle over a gun resulted in the shooting. Three others — Keyshara Michelle Deans, 19, Nezyiha Zamir Collins, 19, and Tyreek Qumay Rogers, 18 — were charged with felony accessory after the fact for helping Jones avoid arrest; Deans faced additional unrelated charges and received a higher bond. Baker’s parents described the profound grief of losing their daughter and the effects on their family.

Are there details about Baker’s last known movements or contacts that anyone can share to help clarify what happened?